hazcrowd for crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing for Mining Safety

Risk Assessments have traditionally been performed by a small group of people, and

only represent a snapshot in time.

What if we could get more people involved?

You could get different perspectives from different people...

...improving the quality of the assessment and eventual outcome.

This is especially useful when end user input can be beneficial.

In mining it seems like these guys...

... will know some things useful to these guys.

People are already doing this, mostly via the internet. It’s called...

Crowdsourcing :

the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to a large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call.

There are some companies who use it you might have heard of...

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing safety information, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing safety information, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

www.hazcrowd.comSourcing your knowledge to save our lives

www.hazcrowd.comSourcing your knowledge to save our lives

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Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Lots of interest

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Lots of interest

Some good quality data

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Lots of interest

Some good quality data

Lots of junk data

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Lots of interest

Some good quality data

Lots of junk data

Little collaboration

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Lots of interest

Some good quality data

Lots of junk data

Few repeat visits

Little collaboration

Work Completed

1. Designed the Web Interface for crowdsourcing, dubbed it ‘Hazcrowd’.

2. Trialled the interface at the QLD Mining Industry Safety and Health Conference. 

Over 500 Entries

Lots of interest

Some good quality data

Lots of junk data

Few repeat visits

Little collaboration

One more trial!

We are looking for a partner to run another trial.

Ideally this would be a within or cross company collaboration, perhaps in the lead up to a safety workshop.

The effort required is low, but the result could be tremendous.

Please contact me for more information:

Tristan Cooket.cooke@mishc.uq.edu.au